Social Justice Education 
Multicultural/Diversity Page Multicultural/Diversity Reference Sources

 

Social Justice iEducation Class Fall 1999

Library Visit

 

Prepared by Lori Mestre

Education Reference Librarian
  1. Library Reference Resources -Check for Handbooks, Encyclopedias or Histories covering your topic. Ask at the reference desk. See also Multicultural Resources Handout

    2. Note: Whenever searching databases, if your term doesn’t show up under subject heading try keyword.

  2. Books - online catalog http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/babel.cgi?dokma=http://umlibr.library.umass.edu Use Pink Sheet to locate floor for call numbers.
  3. Journal Citations/Databases http://www.library.umass.edu/research/bytitletxt.html Many of these have limit and e-mail features

    4. The following is a selected list:

    America History and Life
    Anthropological Literature
    Contemporary Women’s Issues - full text
    Ethnic NewsWatch --full text
    InfoTrac Search Bank (Expanded Academic Universe ) 50% full text
    Lexis Nexis (Law and Business – full text)
    Linguistic Abstracts Online
    OVID (for ERIC, PsycInfo, EconLit)
    Social Science Citation Index (web of science)
    Sociological Abstracts
    Statistical Universe on the Web

    Also of use: Higher Education Abstracts -Ref LB2300.C65 -- In library reference section -- Main Floor

  4. Internet Resources – Start at http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/education and Multicultural/Diversity Page
  5. Individual Topics -The following are topics submitted for this class. Included are Sample Subject Headings and Keywords from the Library Catalog. You will need to try different terms and combinations in other databases.
    1. Student Affairs and Diversity Efforts inside Student Affairs at Universities
      1. Check 25th floor of Library (University Archives)
      2. Sample terms: Subject Headings: student affairs
Keywords student affairs and pluralism; Student affairs and diversity; Student affairs and recruitment; Student affairs and retention; student affairs and minorities; student affairs and race

B. Public Education :

Sample keywords: education and economic aspects; education and capitalism; critical pedagogy; socialization and education LC196.5.U6 C75 1998

C. Labor Movement - organizing through American History

      Sample subject headings: labor movement history; social movements; trade unions
      Keywords: labor movement and organization

D.Kinds of Ethnic Labels that Spanish-speaking people have - Census and external categories (possibly other groups as well)

  1. Note: check with Government Documents Librarians on the 6th Floor
  2. Sample Subject Headings: Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity; Hispanic Americans -- Name E184.S75 O27 1995; E184.S75 H65 1995
  3. Sample Keywords: ethnic labels; latino labels, hispanic labels

E. History of Coalitions -(intergroup - ethnic, women’s) in progressive political movements of the 20th century. (Civil rights -Blacks and Jews; Chicanos and Lesbians, etc. and conditions that made those coalitions successful.
      Sample subject headings: Coalition of Labor Union Women (U.S.); Feminism-- United States; Women in trade-unions -- United States;
      Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government; Coalition (Social sciences); social movements
      Sample keywords: Coalition and movements; coalition and ethnic; coalition and (name group)

F. Notion of Caste -the way the term is used or not used in talking about U.S. class, race, privilege and equality. How race is or isn’t seen as caste system in the U.S.

      Sample subject headings: Caste; Social classes; Race relations HT609 .C7 1970
      Sample keywords: caste and race; caste and United States; Social classes and race

      Ways environmental factors reinforce class and race -(location of ghettos following environmental/geographical patterns)

      Sample terms: caste and environment; caste and ...

G. Antiracist Education -Antiracist efforts - what are the histories of social movements that have been successful -anti-racist, anti-black, etc.? Examples of works that have been positive.

      Sample Subject Headings: Discrimination in education -- United States ; Race discrimination -- United States; race awareness
      Sample keywords: antiracism; racial identity and education; racial identity and teaching; racial identity and school

H. Educational experience of Native Americans -popular education as a good thing?

      Sample Subject Headings: Indians Of North America Education; popular eduation
      Sample Keywords: Native Americans and education…

I. Gender in labor movement -women’s role and women of color (Race and Gender)

      Sample Subject Headings: Women In The Labor Movement; Women Labor Leaders; labor movement history; social movements; trade unions
      Sample Keywords: gender and labor movement; women and labor movement

J.Tracking in Schools

      Sample Subject Headings: Track system education; Ability grouping in education; Educational equalization

K. Impostor Syndrome -Women’s self esteem and sense of fraudulence Women’s fear of success.

      Sample Subject headings: Impostor Phenomenon; Fear of Success BF637.I46 H37 1985; RC552.F43 K78 1984

L. Race in gay/lesbian movement

Sample Subject Headings: Gay liberation movement
Sample Keywords: Gays and race; lesbians and race

M. Native American Culture: 2 spiritedness transgender identity- historical context (early culture -modern day?)

Sample subject headings: homosexuality cross cultural studies
Keywords: two-spirits; transgender and native americans; homosexuality and Native American

N. History of women in sports (Title 9, pay equity) See also Lexis Nexis database.

      Sample Subject Headings: Women athletes; Sports for women; sex discrimination in sports;

O. Ethnic Identity Development

Sample terms: name of group and e thnic identity; ethnic identity development;

Name of group and race identity (afro americans race identity); ethnicity and identity; group identity

P. People with disabilities and ADA -how successful or unsuccessful it has been - how people are fairing in jobs and education.

Note: see also librarians on the 6th floor - Government Documents

Sample Subject Headings: Americans with Disabilities Act; Disability Evaluation; Handicapped Employment; Discrimination against the handicapped;
Keywords: ADA and education; ADA and employment

Q. Genetically Modified Food Agribusiness

      Sample terms: Transgenic plants; Plant Genetic Engineering; Crops genetic engineering;

R. Understanding of Affirmative Action -policies that have benefitted the status quo over the years, but not people of color (housing, military -GI Bill, bailing out of savings and loan) Note: see also Government Documents -6th floor.

Sample keywords: affirmative action and discrimination; JC599.U5 G53; HF5549.5.A34 Y38 1994; affirmative action and minorities

S. Regulations on homesteading in the 19th century. Note: see also Government Documents -6th floor

Sample Subject Headings: Homestead Law; Frontier and Pioneer Life
Keywords: Homesteading

 

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